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Aperture Series @ 31mm: Huge Old Pine, Its Needles and Cones (Focus Shift)
When I shot this scene, I did so partly to check for focus shift, which proved prescient.
This series looks at a quite pronounced focus shift of the Nikon NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/2.8 S at 31mm from f/2.8 through f/11. It confirms the findings of focus shift also seen in Natural Bonsai over Beaver Pond and details how much shift and how to compensate for it.
Compensating for focus shift is particularly useful for the photographer looking to optimize total sharpness in the middle of the zoom range with the Nikon 24-70; the field curvature and focus shift behaviors must be understood for optimal result.
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